Fournier’s Polymicrobial Gas Gangrene

25 Year Old Obese Male with Necrotizing Polymicrobial Fascitis
25 Year Old Obese Male with Necrotizing Polymicrobial Fascitis

 

Axial CT scan through the pelvis shows severe inflammatory changes characterized by gas in the tissues of the right scrotum and along the penis associated with induration along the right scrotal sac in a patient with necrotizing polymicrobial fasciitis (Fournier’s gangrene)
Ashley Davidoff MD 133768
Coronal CT scan through the pelvis shows severe inflammatory changes characterized by gas in the tissues of the right groin associated with induration along the right spermatic cord and scrotal sac in a patient with necrotizing polymicrobial fasciitis (Fournier’s gangrene)
Ashley Davidoff MD 133774
Coronal CT scan through the pelvis shows severe inflammatory changes characterized by gas in the tissues of the along the penis associated with induration along the right scrotal sac in a patient with necrotizing polymicrobial fasciitis (Fournier’s gangrene)
Ashley Davidoff MD 133772
US in the transverse plane through both testes in a 25-year-old male presenting with acute pain shows extensive soft tissue changes and hyperemia of the skin overlying the testes consistent severe cellulitis. The study was too painful and could not be completed. The patient was diagnosed with necrotizing polymicrobial fasciitis (Fournier’s gangrene)
Ashley Davidoff MD 133758c
6 days later following unsuccessful debridement the process progressed clinically. CT scan through the pelvis shows severe progressive inflammatory changes characterized by focal hemorrhage, possibly iatrogenic, spread to the left hemi scrotum, with gas in the tissues with extensive induration. The patient has a diagnosis of necrotizing polymicrobial fasciitis (Fournier’s gangrene)
Ashley Davidoff MD 133784

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